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manpreet 3 years ago
The word gypsum is derived from the Greek word gypsos, "chalk" or "plaster".[4] Because the gypsum from the quarries of the Montmartre district of Paris has long furnished burnt gypsum used for various purposes, this material has been called plaster of Paris.Gypsum was known in Old English as sprstn, spear stone, referring to its crystalline projections. (Thus, the word spar in mineralogy is by way of comparison to gypsum, referring to any non-ore mineral or crystal that forms in spearlike projections.) In the early nineteenth century it was regarded as an almost miraculous fertilizer. American farmers were so anxious to acquire it that a li...
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3 years ago
i want to know about gypsum